YUGIOH
Kaiba: Missing Persons
Chapter 36. Kaiba had awoken, but was still terribly weak. He had his brother there to comfort him, as the doctor came to expain to him of a strange vitamin deficiency he was also suffering from. The same nutrients that are used to help the health of a person's hair, as well as encourage hair growth was greatly lacking all through his system. His brainwave pattern was also in chaos, as if he had gone through some horrible tragedy. Kaiba refused to talk about it, and simply wanted out of this hospital as quickly as possible. But they refused to allow that, until the vitamin deficiency atleast became more stable.
By the next day, Kaiba was feeling stronger, and to make him feel better, Mokuba had his hair stylist make a personal visit, to 'fix' his hair. It was in pretty bad shape. The hair stylist was infact shocked from the immense hair growth since their last visit just a short week ago, asking him if he could give him the secret as to how he had grown his hair to atleast shoulder length in that short amount of time.......if the man only realized the hair was originally down to his rear-end before it was cut with a switch-blade. He explained to Kaiba that his clients would make him rich if he new this secret.
Kaiba was not impressed, and simply told him to cut his hair and shut up.
And as Yami expected, Kaiba's mind kept drifting to his time with Yugi, and his time with Joey. Everytime he thought about Yugi, it made his stomach turn, realizing how he had behaved. And everytime he thought of Joey, well he just couldn't get that goofy Mutt's smiling face out of his head, frustrating him only more.
He was saved by Mokuba, who turned the TV on for him......but Kaiba quickly realized doing that only made him more depressed. Kaiba was forced to watch the review on what happened at the Battle City Finals........something Kaiba could not be a part of finishing this year.
"I'm sorry, Seto", Mokuba said, sadly.
"It's okay, Mokuba.........you did f-", and quieted, hearing the winner.
"WHAT??? Wheeler won??!! That's ridiculous!!", Kaiba shouted, sitting up in his hospital bed, in rage.
The nurses rushed over, saying, "This should be off.......you should not be around anything that is considered stress related", and began to pick up the controller.
"Unless you're hoping for an early retirement, you are NOT touching that controller", Kaiba snapped a warning at her, with death in his eyes. She quickly re-considered her decision, and left the room again, leaving the controller for Kaiba.
"How is that possible? It clearly states that Yugi was there!", Kaiba said, waving at the TV, and looking at Mokuba for explainations.
"Well.......Yugi seemed very distracted, I guess......", Mokuba shrugged. "He wasn't playing well that day."
"That idiot! He blew the tournament, cause he coudn't get his act together", Kaiba said, now more pissed than ever. Kaiba then launched the controller at the TV, as it bounced off the screen. Kaiba snapped, "If I was there, I could have won it!!" 'Now I'm never going to hear the end of Wheeler smearing in my face how I have to recognize that loser as a top- rate duelist! Why can't even one thing go right for me, for a change??', Kaiba thought.
There was another knock at the door, and Kaiba figured it was that stupid nurse again, probably ready to start talking to him about property damage, after he launched the controller. "What is it, this time!!"
And the door opened to reveal in Kaiba's horror.......Yugi and the crew was here. Joey was first to speak, saying, "Geez, someone's in a mood today. Whassa matter Kaiba, having withdrawals from not having your fancy trenchcoat in awhile?"
Kaiba gave Joey a death glare, as Tea approached, saying, "We made you a get-well card", handing it over to him.
Kaiba roughly snatched the get well card, and began to look at it, as Yugi now moved foward, saying, "Yeah, we were going to also get you flowers. But under the circumstances, we uh.......thought........otherwise......", Yugi said, blushing slightly, as Tristan snickered a bit.
Kaiba then dropped the card on his lap, rubbing his head from a tension that began to return again, as he said, "This is not helping......"
"Hey Kaiba, I thought I should tell ya something, while we're all here. I seeya got the tournament on. I guess you saw that I won then, huh?", Joey asked, proudly.
He glared at Joey, saying, "Because Yugi was too stupid and blew the game? Yes, I saw it......it doesn't mean you're a good player, Wheeler.......it means you got lucky. If I was there, that wouldn't have happened."
"Geez, what's it gonna take for you to finally admit I'm a good duelist?? I won, for pete's sake!", Joey flailed.
"I don't know or care who Pete is", Kaiba taunted, "And nothing's going to be enough, so just get over yourself, Mutt."
"I aint a Mutt!! And we'll see who recognizes who in the next Tournament. You're just lucky you weren't there, cuz I woulda kicked your butt, too!", Joey snapped.
"I was there, and I did beat you........", Kaiba pointed out.
"Well, that wasn't fair at the time, cuz you were........", Joey suddenly shut up, blushing, also causing Kaiba to look away, trying not to look too embarrassed and probably failing.
Most of the others didn't exactly know what happened, except for Yugi, who was also blushing furiously. The others got the hint though, and didn't say a word.
"Yeah, uh.......maybe we should give you some room to read that, while we go out here alittle bit", Yugi decided to announce, nudging the others, who agreed and began to head back out the door. "Oh, Mokuba.......can we talk to you for a moment?"
As Kaiba picked up his card to read, he glanced up from it curiously at them, wondering why they wanted to talk to his brother, and prayed they didn't start gossipping about anything else.
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They went into the hall, as Mokuba asked, "What did you want to talk to me about?" As he asked, he noticed Joey quietly sneak back into his brother's room.
"Actually, I was wondering if you could stay out here for just a minute. Joey really wanted to talk to Kaiba alone for just a bit..........about the things that happened, while Kaiba wasn't........Kaiba. Is that okay?", Yugi asked.
"Oh......", Mokuba awkwardly looked away, knowing what Yugi was talking about, after what he had heard through the tape transmission. "I guess so......."
Chapter 36. Kaiba had awoken, but was still terribly weak. He had his brother there to comfort him, as the doctor came to expain to him of a strange vitamin deficiency he was also suffering from. The same nutrients that are used to help the health of a person's hair, as well as encourage hair growth was greatly lacking all through his system. His brainwave pattern was also in chaos, as if he had gone through some horrible tragedy. Kaiba refused to talk about it, and simply wanted out of this hospital as quickly as possible. But they refused to allow that, until the vitamin deficiency atleast became more stable.
By the next day, Kaiba was feeling stronger, and to make him feel better, Mokuba had his hair stylist make a personal visit, to 'fix' his hair. It was in pretty bad shape. The hair stylist was infact shocked from the immense hair growth since their last visit just a short week ago, asking him if he could give him the secret as to how he had grown his hair to atleast shoulder length in that short amount of time.......if the man only realized the hair was originally down to his rear-end before it was cut with a switch-blade. He explained to Kaiba that his clients would make him rich if he new this secret.
Kaiba was not impressed, and simply told him to cut his hair and shut up.
And as Yami expected, Kaiba's mind kept drifting to his time with Yugi, and his time with Joey. Everytime he thought about Yugi, it made his stomach turn, realizing how he had behaved. And everytime he thought of Joey, well he just couldn't get that goofy Mutt's smiling face out of his head, frustrating him only more.
He was saved by Mokuba, who turned the TV on for him......but Kaiba quickly realized doing that only made him more depressed. Kaiba was forced to watch the review on what happened at the Battle City Finals........something Kaiba could not be a part of finishing this year.
"I'm sorry, Seto", Mokuba said, sadly.
"It's okay, Mokuba.........you did f-", and quieted, hearing the winner.
"WHAT??? Wheeler won??!! That's ridiculous!!", Kaiba shouted, sitting up in his hospital bed, in rage.
The nurses rushed over, saying, "This should be off.......you should not be around anything that is considered stress related", and began to pick up the controller.
"Unless you're hoping for an early retirement, you are NOT touching that controller", Kaiba snapped a warning at her, with death in his eyes. She quickly re-considered her decision, and left the room again, leaving the controller for Kaiba.
"How is that possible? It clearly states that Yugi was there!", Kaiba said, waving at the TV, and looking at Mokuba for explainations.
"Well.......Yugi seemed very distracted, I guess......", Mokuba shrugged. "He wasn't playing well that day."
"That idiot! He blew the tournament, cause he coudn't get his act together", Kaiba said, now more pissed than ever. Kaiba then launched the controller at the TV, as it bounced off the screen. Kaiba snapped, "If I was there, I could have won it!!" 'Now I'm never going to hear the end of Wheeler smearing in my face how I have to recognize that loser as a top- rate duelist! Why can't even one thing go right for me, for a change??', Kaiba thought.
There was another knock at the door, and Kaiba figured it was that stupid nurse again, probably ready to start talking to him about property damage, after he launched the controller. "What is it, this time!!"
And the door opened to reveal in Kaiba's horror.......Yugi and the crew was here. Joey was first to speak, saying, "Geez, someone's in a mood today. Whassa matter Kaiba, having withdrawals from not having your fancy trenchcoat in awhile?"
Kaiba gave Joey a death glare, as Tea approached, saying, "We made you a get-well card", handing it over to him.
Kaiba roughly snatched the get well card, and began to look at it, as Yugi now moved foward, saying, "Yeah, we were going to also get you flowers. But under the circumstances, we uh.......thought........otherwise......", Yugi said, blushing slightly, as Tristan snickered a bit.
Kaiba then dropped the card on his lap, rubbing his head from a tension that began to return again, as he said, "This is not helping......"
"Hey Kaiba, I thought I should tell ya something, while we're all here. I seeya got the tournament on. I guess you saw that I won then, huh?", Joey asked, proudly.
He glared at Joey, saying, "Because Yugi was too stupid and blew the game? Yes, I saw it......it doesn't mean you're a good player, Wheeler.......it means you got lucky. If I was there, that wouldn't have happened."
"Geez, what's it gonna take for you to finally admit I'm a good duelist?? I won, for pete's sake!", Joey flailed.
"I don't know or care who Pete is", Kaiba taunted, "And nothing's going to be enough, so just get over yourself, Mutt."
"I aint a Mutt!! And we'll see who recognizes who in the next Tournament. You're just lucky you weren't there, cuz I woulda kicked your butt, too!", Joey snapped.
"I was there, and I did beat you........", Kaiba pointed out.
"Well, that wasn't fair at the time, cuz you were........", Joey suddenly shut up, blushing, also causing Kaiba to look away, trying not to look too embarrassed and probably failing.
Most of the others didn't exactly know what happened, except for Yugi, who was also blushing furiously. The others got the hint though, and didn't say a word.
"Yeah, uh.......maybe we should give you some room to read that, while we go out here alittle bit", Yugi decided to announce, nudging the others, who agreed and began to head back out the door. "Oh, Mokuba.......can we talk to you for a moment?"
As Kaiba picked up his card to read, he glanced up from it curiously at them, wondering why they wanted to talk to his brother, and prayed they didn't start gossipping about anything else.
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They went into the hall, as Mokuba asked, "What did you want to talk to me about?" As he asked, he noticed Joey quietly sneak back into his brother's room.
"Actually, I was wondering if you could stay out here for just a minute. Joey really wanted to talk to Kaiba alone for just a bit..........about the things that happened, while Kaiba wasn't........Kaiba. Is that okay?", Yugi asked.
"Oh......", Mokuba awkwardly looked away, knowing what Yugi was talking about, after what he had heard through the tape transmission. "I guess so......."